Loki's words could be interpreted in many ways.
Chen Yi had understood them at the time as:
Loki was the Deception God. He could not be trusted, so the Old Gods could not be trusted either.
They could also be understood literally.
Loki was willing to become an Old God, so perhaps he could be trusted.
Thinking about it now, there might have been another implication.
Vicky Gomez had noticed that some Deities on the Deity Battlefield had been fighting rather halfheartedly.
That did not make sense.
Ares had revealed God's plan on the arena in advance.
He had practically looked like an idiot.
When all those unreasonable details were connected, one possibility emerged.
Some individuals among the Old Gods had likely already been replaced by Deities from the City of Heaven.
That way, no matter who won, they would still be Deities.
That was why those Deities could fight halfheartedly.
Ares might not have been as cunning as Athena, but after living for so many years, he could not truly have been an idiot.
If the Chaos Source before them might be Ares's clone...
Then everything made sense.
Ares had likely revealed God's plan in advance in order to fake his death.
Ares loved the War Authority that could make him stronger, but he also feared God's power.
The silver energy had been given by God.
What if, after winning the war, God wanted to take it back?
Wouldn't that all have been for nothing?
So... God could not win!
Ares had revealed God's plan before several factions so that the powerful figures from those factions would kill every Deity present who possessed war authority.
He only needed to gather the complete War Authority before that happened.
Then, after every Deity possessing war authority died, the War Authority could